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Oct 21, 2026 · 24 min · 10 segments
The brilliant Jack Gray sat down with Kirsty Hawes to dive into his new, debut album 'Swimming in Jeans' which you can listen to NOW! Presenter: Kirsty (Nerve Radio) Producer: Adam Barlow Learn…
Jack GrayGuestKirsty HawesHostSo I think obviously we have to start off with talking about the album in general.
And I just wanted to ask, like, obviously this is your debut album and I read the 10 out of the 12 tracks are self-produced.
I just wanted to ask kind of what led you to make this creative decision and how does it feel to have music that is kind of solely yours out in the world, especially as like a first album as well?
And I think in the last few years, I wanted to prove to myself that I could write a record that I'm really proud of and produce it.
And I think essentially that's what started the journey of me self-producing this thing.
And I feel like, yeah, but the music I'm making now because of this last album and the journey I went on with that is it's really exciting.
So I think obviously we have to start off with talking about the album in general.
And I just wanted to ask, like, obviously this is your debut album and I read the 10 out of the 12 tracks are self-produced.
I just wanted to ask kind of what led you to make this creative decision and how does it feel to have music that is kind of solely yours out in the world, especially as like a first album as well?
And I think in the last few years, I wanted to prove to myself that I could write a record that I'm really proud of and produce it.
And I think essentially that's what started the journey of me self-producing this thing.
And I feel like, yeah, but the music I'm making now because of this last album and the journey I went on with that is it's really exciting.
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